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AUX as in "aux chord." ORO as in Spanish for "gold." Zach's friends told him this was a stupid name and to please pick anything but that, so five minutes later he registered the domain AUXORO.com, and The AUXORO Podcast was born. Plug into conversations of pure gold hosted by Zach Grossfeld as he chats with creatives, athletes, scientists, and others who pique his curiosity and do dope shit. Sometimes, Zach also records solo episodes where he tries to be funny to make up for the fact that he ...
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Robert's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a professional musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! Since then he has released 13 acclaimed albums including a Billboard #1, has millions of video views and streams, and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world. He also started this podcas ...
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An uncensored honest oral rhapsody of Walt Disney World, Florida and the Disney company through the eyes of fanatical Disney nerds who have nothing better to do. WDW adult Disney fun! 18+ only, if you dare.
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Maniacal Music Musings

Jeremy Bryant/Chancy Grife

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Imagine a show where you could bring your favorite music album of all time and force two people to experience it from beginning to end. Sound fun, well that’s what Maniacal Music Musings is all about. The guest brings on an album they love and the two hosts try to match it with their own albums. Everyone picks a top 5 songs off all 3 albums and let the fun begin.
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Nashville Based Singer Songwriter Bobby Pizazz along with featured co-hosts… Produce Give Me A Break Radio… Our Mission is to feature Singer/Songwriters and Artists who can have a stage to share their Music, Insights and Life Stories to a worldwide audience. A place for them to safely explore, “out of the box” thinking… share their ins and outs of the Business of Music and tips about the Art of Performing and the Art of Songwriting. We also Discuss New Music Business Models in use today. The ...
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Welcome back musers of the world, the end is finally here as we enter the grand winner bracket of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Bracket. We took the 1st and 2nd place winner of all 14 parts and put them into 1 super bracket of the ultimate champions. Join us as we eliminate 32 winners down to 1 to see who takes home the gold medal. Participants: …
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Fred Bronson is the world’s leading music author. For Billboard - the music industry bible - he wrote the Chart Beat column for 16 years. He’s also the author of The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits, and The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits. He’s been featured on American Idol as a repertoire expert. He’s had…
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Jeff Coffin is a superstar saxophonist who performed with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones for 13 years and currently is with the Dave Matthews Band. He’s a 3x Grammy winner. He’s also performed with Snarky Puppy, J.D. Souther and David Crosby. And he’s the leader of his own group called Jeff Coffin and the Mu’tet. My featured song is “This Time” from…
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It's that time again musers for another great edition of your favorite music commentary podcast. Your Musers are back once again with another great guest, we are being joined by Ezekiel Williams, Host of Let's Gather Podcast. We had a fun time getting to do a rap themed episode with a somewhat undercover second theme as well in this one. Albums Dis…
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Welcome to SUPERSTARS WEEK! This week I’m rebroadcasting my interviews with five Superstars: Judy Collins, Al Kooper, David Amram, Ron Carter and Oscar Hammerstein II. Oscar Hammerstein II was Broadway’s greatest lyricist. He was responsible for the book and lyrics to so many of the musicals that created the Golden Era of Broadway. With Richard Rog…
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On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Mistress Natalie and Zach discuss a BDSM scene involving Bohemian Rhapsody, the dungeon scene from the film Eurotrip, how the Armie Hammer accusations and kink intersect, baby boomers getting into BDSM, how being a dominatrix has changed Mistress Natalie's view on intimacy, and more. Guest bio: Mistress Natali…
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Welcome to SUPERSTARS WEEK! This week I’m rebroadcasting my interviews with five Superstars: Judy Collins, Al Kooper, David Amram, Ron Carter and Oscar Hammerstein II. Ron Carter is “the Maestro”, the world’s most renowned bassist. He’s the most recorded bassist in jazz history and a 3x Grammy winner. He’s played with everyone from Cannonball Adder…
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Welcome to SUPERSTARS WEEK! This week I’m rebroadcasting my interviews with five Superstars: Judy Collins, Al Kooper, David Amram, Ron Carter and Oscar Hammerstein II. David Amram is a National Treasure. He’s a Musical Giant in Classical, Jazz and Popular music. He’s performed with a Who’s Who in all three genres including Aaron Copeland, Theloniou…
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Welcome back musers of the world, the end is finally here as we enter the grand winner bracket of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Bracket. We took the 1st and 2nd place winner of all 14 parts and put them into 1 super bracket of the ultimate champions. Join us as we eliminate 32 winners down to 16 in the first round and come back next week to hear …
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Welcome to SUPERSTARS WEEK! This week I’m rebroadcasting my interviews with five Superstars: Judy Collins, Al Kooper, David Amram, Ron Carter and Oscar Hammerstein II. Al Kooper is a true Superstar of rock music. He was a member of The Blues Project. He founded Blood Sweat & Tears. He recorded Super Session with Michael Bloomfield and Stephen Still…
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Welcome to SUPERSTARS WEEK! This week I’m rebroadcasting my interviews with five Superstars: Judy Collins, Al Kooper, David Amram, Ron Carter and Oscar Hammerstein II. Judy Collins is an iconic Renaissance Artist and Grammy Winning Singer/Songwriter with 55 albums and hit singles including Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Se…
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Welcome back to another amazing episode with your musers and you are in for a treat with this one folks. We are being joined by Trent Gander, freelance writer & blogger as well as being a music lover. Join us as we have a fascinating discussion about everything music and three great albums. Albums Discussed: Carmen Miranda's Ghost by Various Artist…
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Lou Christie was a Star and a Hit Machine in the 1960s with his distinctive falsetto voice and songs like “Lightnin’ Strikes” (a #1 smash), “The Gypsy Cried”, “Two Faces Have I”, “Rhapsody In The Rain”, and More. He was featured in Dick Clark’s Cavalcade Of Stars and on all the major music television shows including Where The Action Is, Hullabaloo …
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Joey Dee and the Starlighters were Stars of the early 1960s. Joey wrote and sang “The Peppermint Twist”, a #1 song in 1962 that was integral to the worldwide twist dance craze phenomenon. They became the house band at The Peppermint Lounge in NYC, where people lined up each night to get in to rub elbows with the Stars of that era including Jackie K…
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On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Michael Millerman and Zach discuss the “degenerate” opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Donald Trump assassination attempt and how Trump reacted in the heat of the moment, the ideas of Plato and Heidegger, the philosophy behind standup comedy, Michael’s exciting and dangerous adventures with the ‘…
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Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) and Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) were stars during the British Invasion era of the 1960s. Peter & Gordon had massive hits with songs like “A World Without Love” and “I Go To Pieces”. Peter went on to have an illustrious career in the music business, first as the head of A&R for Apple Records where he signed a then-unkno…
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Musers of the world prepare for the beginning of the end as we finish off part 14, the final part of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Bracket. That's right we finish off the songs ranked 58 to 1 in this part and we had some hot debate over who should win this one. Come back next week as we take on the grand winners bracket where the 1st and 2nd plac…
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WORLD PREMIERE! "The Gift": song by Robert Miller and arrangement by Michael Abene. I originally wrote "The Gift" as a love song ballad on the occasion of the birth of my first granddaughter. My band, Project Grand Slam, recorded and released the song in 2015 on our "Made In New York" album. In April 2024 Michael Abene was a guest on this podcast. …
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Welcome back musers to another amazing episode and boy howdy do we have one for you this week. Another pleasant surprise as well is who our guest is, the third appearance of The Music God CJ Plain himself. CJ hit Jeremy up and said he had an album that your musers had to hear, so we arranged him to stop by and discuss music once more. Enjoy! Albums…
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Harvey Brooks is one of the most important and heralded bass players of the entire rock era. Starting in the 1960s he played on so many seminal albums and singles including Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited", "Super Session" with Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, Bloomfield's band, The Electric Flag, and even Miles Davis's groundbreaki…
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This is a Very Special Episode celebrating that we’ve just passed 2 million downloads for the podcast! I started the podcast in March 2021 during the depths of the pandemic, with no audience at all. It took two years to reach 1 million downloads but just one more year to reach 2 million. I’m extremely thankful for all the wonderful guests that I’ve…
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Chris McDonald is a Grammy nominated, Emmy winning arranger/composer. He's been a fixture in Nashville's recording scene for over 40 years as the "go to" arranger for brass, strings and orchestral writing, and for big bands. His group, the Chris McDonald Jazz Orchestra, recently released its 9th album called "It's About Time". He's done arrangement…
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That's right, the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Bracket continue as we continue the final part of the songs ranked 58 to 1. The right side of part 14 starts off in this rendition with a bang and some of the most memorable and amazing songs ever created. So join us for Round 1 and come back next week to hear the final songs to make it into the Grand W…
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Annie Haslam is the longtime singer for Renaissance, the celebrated British symphonic and progressive rock band. She's also had a long solo career and a 2nd career as a visual artist. With Renaissance she recorded 11 studio albums plus several live albums. She has a 5 octave range. Renaissance had a hit single in 1978 with "Northern Lights" which r…
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That's right your musers are back once again, you are in for a treat as we do a live episode about live albums. We are being joined by Juan Gonzalez: Musician, Producer, Video Maker, Tour Manager, Audio Engineer, and Sex Symbol. Join us as we give you an extra live performance that you'll never forget. Forgive Jeremy on this one, he was a little ex…
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This is a Drum Summit, a Special Episode of the podcast. It features three of the world’s best jazz drummers: Peter Erskine, Danny Gottlieb and Adam Nussbaum. Each has previously been a guest on the podcast, but now they’re together in this episode. Peter Erskine is a 2x Grammy winner and a 10x Best Jazz Drummer winner. He’s played with Weather Rep…
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On this solo episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Zach gives his take on the Bad Blood documentary (HBO) detailing the feud between Scooter Braun and Taylor Swift, Kanye's involvement in Taylor's narrative, what it means to be a Swiftie, the billionaire mindset and how Taylor defies it, and more. SUPPORT THE AUXORO PODCAST BY SUBSCRIBING TO AUXORO PREMIU…
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“Rockin’ The Kremlin” is the new book by David Junk, Longtime former CEO of Universal Music Russia after the fall of Communism. He dealt with Putin, cronyism, oligarchs, corruption and violence as he introduced western stars and their music into Russia, including Sting, Metallica and Mariah Carey. My featured song is “Get Out!” from the album PGS 7…
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Augustin Hadelich is a World Famous Classical Violinist. And a Bluegrass Star too! He has performed as a soloist with major U.S. and international orchestras. He’s a Grammy winner and “Instrumentalist Of The Year” winner. I saw him perform recently and he left the audience speechless, particularly with his stunning bluegrass solo encore performance…
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Welcome back to another amazing episode musers, we are happy to have you hear as always. We are being joined by an amazing guest once again and the guest this week is Michaell Magrutsche, artist. Michaell even chose an album of his own creation for us to listen to for his choice, come listen to what we thought of it and what he thought of our album…
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Mandoki Soulmates is a European Supergroup led by Leslie Mandoki, who escaped from Communist Hungary to the West at a young age and formed the Soulmates over 30 years ago. Lineups have included Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Jack Bruce (Cream), David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat & Tears) and many others. Leslie is joined on this show by Nick van Eede o…
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John Berry is a Grammy Award winning Country Music Star. He’s released 20 albums including a Platinum and two Gold records. He’s had 19 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Chart including the #1 single “Your Love Amazes Me” and 6 additional Top Ten Hits. My featured song is “My Love” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link. -----…
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Steve Gadd is a World Class Drummer who has played and/or toured with a Who’s Who of Superstars including James Taylor, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Chick Corea, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavoratti. He’s played on countless hit records including Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” and “Late In The Evening” and Steely Dan’s “Aja”. My featured so…
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That's right your musers are back for another amazing episode with another amazing musician. We are being joined by Miguel Landestoy; jazz pianist, educator, and podcaster. We had an amazing time with Miguel on our show and he is gladly welcome back anytime. So come enjoy this rap battle. Albums Discussed: Illmatic by Nas A2G EP by Blackalicious Th…
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This is a Special Episode of the podcast that I call a Bass Summit. It features three of the world’s best bass players: Ron Carter is called the Maestro. He’s probably the most revered bassist of all time and certainly the most recorded jazz bassist. He’s a 3x Grammy winner. He was a member of Miles Davis’s groundbreaking quintet in the 1960s. He’s…
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Antonio Farao is an Italian-born Internationally acclaimed Jazz Pianist. He has performed with Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, John Abercrombie, Joe Lovano, Wayne Shorter, Christian McBride and John Patitucci among others. My featured song is my version of Miles Davis’s “Nardis” from my debut 1994 album Miles Behind. Spotify link. ------------------…
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Holy shit, it's finally time for the end to begin, the countdown is over and we are half way through the end times now. Welcome back as we tackle part 14 of The Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs Bracket, which as you know means we are tackling the Top 58 songs as ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine. As it's 58 songs, we're only doing the left side of the b…
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Chris Spedding is a Superstar British Guitarist. He’s played and/or recorded with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Jack Bruce, Roger Daltrey, Harry Nilsson, Art Garfunkel, on the Jesus Christ Superstar album, and many others. He also produced the Sex Pistols. My featured song is my reimagined version of Cream’s version of “I’m So Glad”. Spotify link. --…
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This is a preview of the full episode only available on AUXORO Premium where Zach reacts to Tim Dillon's emergency podcast with Alex Jones on the Trump attempted assassination. Access the full episode now and the entire premium catalog at AUXORO.SUPERCAST.COM SUPPORT THE AUXORO PODCAST BY SUBSCRIBING TO AUXORO PREMIUM (BONUS EPISODES & EXCLUSIVE CO…
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Welcome back to another amazing episode with your musers, sorry if I missed a week or two, life has been hectic as always. This long episode was a pleasure to record and we got to really talk about and break down the music of our guest. We are joined by Blake Isbell, an upcoming rock artist who puts his life story into his music in a very beautiful…
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John McEuen is a Banjo Star and an original member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which had a big hit with “Mr. Bojangles”. He’s also a lifelong friend of Steve Martin and played on his hit song “King Tut” and also on their Grammy winning bluegrass album. He’s recorded over 40 albums including four that went Platinum and 5 Gold. His latest album is…
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On this solo episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Zach discusses Diddy going white water rafting in the midst of facing very serious allegations, stumbling over a trans video of NSFW nature, why ski culture needs more black influence, the wildest elevator convo Zach has ever witnessed, and more. SUPPORT THE AUXORO PODCAST BY SUBSCRIBING TO AUXORO PREMIUM…
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This is a Special Episode of the podcast that I call a Rock Photographers Summit. It features five of the best rock n’ roll photographers of the era: Ebet Roberts - Downtown NYC punk and New Wave scene. Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, Miles Davis. Bob Gruen - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, NY Dolls, The Clash, The Ramones. Ja…
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Well folks, once again the musers are back to finish off another part of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Bracket. This time we're tackling Part 13 which consists of the songs ranked 92-59, that's right it's the last part before the Top 58 songs are broken down. So come join the countdown to chaos as we approach the climax of it all. Special Guests:…
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Joe “Bean” Esposito is an acclaimed singer/songwriter. He’s the lead singer with The Brooklyn Bridge, which had a huge hit in the 1960s with “The Worst That Could Happen” when Johnny Maestro was the lead singer. Joe has had hit songs in many movies including “Flashdance”, “The Karate Kid”, “Coming To America”, “Staying Alive” and “American Hot Wax”…
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